POLICY ON CRITIQUES AND REPLIES - PSYCHOLOGICAL-REVIEW

Critiques and replies are by their nature potentially volatile. Occasi onally, readers and/or one or both authors involved in critiques and r eplies end up feeling exploited, even if they are not actually exploit ed. The purpose of Psychological Review's policy on critiques and repl ies is fourfold: (a) to treat both authors fairly, (b) to establish co ntingencies that maximize objective exchanges and minimize affective e xchanges, (c) to have appear in the Review only as much as is truly va luable to readers, and (d) to maximize the likelihood that all those i nvolved feel as if they have been treated fairly by the Review.